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INDEX

PAGE

WHATS IT ABOUT?...................................................................................................................3

HOW TO WIN ............................................................................................................................3

WHATS IN THE GAME? ....................................................................................4

HOW DO I SET UP? ...................................................................................5

TRADING UNIT.. ..................................................................................5

HOW DO I PLAY?.. .................................................................................6

WHERE DID YOU LAND?.. .....................................................................7

HOW TO AUCTION...................................................................................................................8

HOW TO BUILD .........................................................................................................................8

BUILDINGS ................................................................................................................................9

Residential, Industrial, Railroads .........................................................................................9

Stadiums, Skyscrapers, Monopoly Tower ......................................................................10

PLANNING PERMISSION....................................................................................................... 11

BONUS BUILDINGS AND HAZARDS .................................................................................... 12

HOW DO I CHARGE RENT? .................................................................................................. 13

DEALS, MORTGAGES AND BANKRUPTCY ........................................................................... 14

FREE PARKING AND JAIL ......................................................................................................15

ENDING THE GAME AND BATTERY INFORMATION .......................................................... 16

Be the richest player at the end o the

game by buying districts, building onthem and charging rent.

See page 16 or how to work out your

value at the end o the game.

Move around the board buying districts and

building a Monopoly metropolis. Each

district in the middle o the board has a

matching space on the track; i you land on

an unowned district, buy it or put it up or

auction its up to you!

The Basics

u You can build on every turn.

u Buy residential and/or industrial

buildings to increase the rent value o

your districts.

u Residential buildings are cheaper, but

watch out! I someone builds

a hazard (a sewage plant or rubbish

dump, or example) on your district,

residential blocks are worth nothing!

Industrial blocks cost more but are asaer investment.

u Protect your districts by building

schools, water towers and other

bonus buildings.

The Extras

u Buy two districts o the same color andtreat yoursel to a stadium to hike up

your wages.

u Buy all o the districts in one color group

so that you can build a skyscraper and

immediately double the rent value o all

o those districts.

u Buy all o the districts intwo colorgroups, and the Monopoly Tower which

doubles the rent value oall yourdistricts could be yours!

HOW TO WIN

Read through the booklet beore youbegin because there are some important

dierences rom standard MONOPOLY! Try a

practice round to get the hang o the game.

The color-coded pages tell you everything

you need to get going and the rest o the

booklet deals with the details.

WHATS IT ABOUT?(THE IMPORTANT BITS)

FIRST TIME YOUVE PLAYED?

ENTER THE EXCITING WORLD OF MONOPOLY CITY!

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HOW DO ISET UP?

Dont put ANYTHING in the middle

o the board thats where youll

build your city!

1. Put the gameboard in the centero the playing area, on a fat

surace.

2. Separate the Rent Dodge cardrom the Chance cards and put it

next to the Free Parking space.

3. Hand out a Reminder card toeach player.

4. Shufe the Chance cards and putthem in a pile, acedown

next to the board.

5. All choose a mover and put iton the GO space.

6. Decide who will be the Banker.

BANKER:

You are in charge o money, District

cards, buildings and auctions during

the game. Beore you start playing:

u Separate the District cards intocolor groups and put them in the

slots in the plastic tray.

u Separate the buildings into color

groups and put them to the side

o the gameboard.

WHATS IN THE GAME?

1 block 2 blocks 3 blocks 1 block 2 blocks 3 blocks RAILROADS STADIUMS

SKYSCRAPERS THE MONOPOLY TOWER BONUS BUILDINGS HAZARDS

TRADING UNIT

Residentialbuildings

Industrialbuildings

ON/OFF switch

Build button

Press when you want to buybuildings to nd out i you

can buy 1, 2 or 3 blocks or

build a railroad. (See page 8.)

Auction buttonBanker, press this button to time

an auction when a player lands

on an unowned property and

doesnt want to buy it or the

asking price. (See page 8.)

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1. DECIDE HOW LONG TO PLAY FOR

u Until every player except one goes

bankrupt (around 2 hours, depending

on the number o players)

OR

u For a certain amount o time (i.e. one

or two hours). The Trading unit tells

you when an hour has passed.

2. Turn the Trading unit on using the switchunderneath.

3. All roll the dice. The highest roller goesrst and play continues clockwise.

TIP! Roll the dice in the box lid so thatyou dont knock any buildings over!

4. Take the ollowing 3 steps on EVERY turn:

A. ROLL THE DICEand move that number o spaces around

the board.

B. CHECK WHERE YOUVELANDED

C. BUILD PROPERTIESIF YOU WANT TO

You can build on anyo your districts

during your turn. (See page 8.)

5. I you rolled a double, take another turn,roll again and then repeat steps B and C

(you can build on every roll). Your turn

is over. Play continues clockwise.

GAME OVER

u When youve been playing or almost

an hour, the Trading unit will beep more

requently. To continue on playing, switch

the unit o and on again to start counting

down another hour.

u All add up your total money and

property value (see page 16).

The richest player is the winner!

HOW DO I PLAY? WHERE DID YOU LAND?An unowned district:

u Buy it or the amount shown on the

space. Pay the banker and take the

matching district card,

OR

u Auction it. (I you dont want to buyit, you MUST auction it.)

A district owned by another player:

Pay them rent depending on how many

buildings are on that district (see page 14).

A district you own:

Do nothing unless there is a railroad on it. I

so, you can immediately move to anyotherdistrict with a railroad on it and buy it or

auction it (i its unowned) or pay rent

(i it belongs to another player).

An AUCTION space:Put any unowned district up or Auction

(see page 8).

An INDUSTRY TAX space:

Pay the bank the amount shown i you own

any industrial buildings. I you dont own any,

do nothing.

A PLANNING PERMISSION space:

Build a hazard ORa bonus building(see page 11).

FREE PARKING:

Take the Rent Dodge card to use later

(see page 15).

Ah spaceTake a Chance card and ollow the

instructions on it.

GO TO JAIL:

Go to jail and do not collect money i you

pass GO (see page 15).

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BUILD UP TO 8 BLOCKS ON EACH DISTRICT TO INCREASE ITSRENT VALUE.They can be residential buildings, industrial buildings or a combination o both.

To build, press the build button on the Trading unit to fnd out whether you can buy

1, 2, or 3 blocks, or build a railroad.

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (GREY)

u Residential buildings are cheaper tobuy than industrial buildings.

u I another player builds a hazard in

your district, residential blocks in thatdistrict become worthless and do not

count towards its rent value

(see Hazards Page 12).

1 block 2 blocks 3 blocks

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (LIGHT BLUE)

u Industrial buildings are more expensiveto buy than residential buildings.

u Industrial buildings are sae romhazards. I another player builds a

hazard in your district, all industrial

buildings in that district still count

towards the rent value.

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RAILROADS

On your turn, i this icon

fashes when you press the

Build button, build a railroadon any district or ree!

Put railroads on the outer tracko theboard, not in the center.

Use railroads to pass GO and collect wages,

to get to a part o the board where you hope

to buy, and to avoid nasty high-rent areas!

u When you land on a district with a

railroad on it, on that turn you can jump

to any other district which has arailroad.

u You must land on a railroad during yourturn to be able to use it. I you start your

turn on a district with a railroad, roll and

move as normal.

u I you use a railroad on a district thats

owned by another player, you must pay

the rent beore you leave!

Tip!I a district becomes crowded, swap the 1 and 2-block buildings or 3-block towers

to make space.

HOW TO AUCTION

HOW TO BUILD

BUILDINGS

u Banker, press the Auction button on the

Trading unit to start the timer. Each auction

lasts up to 50 seconds.

u The player who decided to auction

starts the bidding at any value rom a10k

upwards.

u Any player can call out an oer at any

time, including the player that decided to

auction the district.

u When you hear a sound and the red light

fashes aster, you have 5 seconds to

close the auction!

u Whoever has the highest bid when the

red light goes o wins the districtandpays that price to the banker.

u Press the Build button on the Trading Unit.

u What numbers showing when it stops?

Thats the maximum number o blocks

you can build on this turn, e.g. 3 means

you can build up to 3 blocks. I the unitstops atDyou can build a railroad(see page 9) but no properties.

u Build residential buildings, industrial

buildings or a combination (see page 9).

Buy them rom the bank at the priceshown on your District card(s).

u Build properties on ANY districts that

you own. You can build on more than

one district in the same turn.

u You can press the Build button onceper turn.

AUCTION button

BUILD button

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When you land on a PLANNING PERMISSION

space, you must:

u Build a bonus building in a district that

you own

ORu Build a hazard in another players

district (to make their residential

buildings worthless)

OR

u Build a bonus building or hazard in an

unowned district (i you are planning to

buy it or want to block another players

plans!).

IMPORTANT: BONUS BUILDINGS PREVENT

HAZARDS FROM BEING BUILT ON A

DISTRICT, AND HAZARDS PREVENT

BONUS BUILDINGS FROM BEING BUILT!

For example, i you have built a school on

your district, another player could not later

build a power station there, and vice versa.

Hazards and bonus buildings are ree and do not count towards the 8-block maximum

per district.

STADIUMS

SKYSCRAPERSAND THE MONOPOLY TOWER

The Monopoly Tower

COST:a7m

Once you own all o the districts in two color

groups, you can buy the MONOPOLY Tower

and build it on any district in those groups.

This doubles the rent value o everydistrict you own!

Skyscrapers and the Monopoly Tower do not count towards the 8-block building limit

per district.

Skyscrapers

Build a skyscraper to double

the rent value o all the

districts in a color group.

The cost o a skyscraper is

shown at the bottom o each

District card.

u Once you own all o the districts in onecolor group, you can build a skyscraper

on any one o them.

u You can build one skyscraper per

color group.

u A skyscraper immediately doublesthe rent value o all districts in itscolor group.

See page 13: How to Charge Rent.

Stadiums do not count towards the

8-block building limit per district.

Stadiums

COST: a2m

PLANNING PERMISSION

Buy a stadium to increase your income; there

are only two in the game, so youll have to

be quick!

u Once you own two districts o the samecolor, you can build a stadium on eitherone o them during your turn.

u Collecta1m per stadium you own

every time you pass GO (in addition

to your wages).

u You can only build one stadium in each

color group.

u Stadiums do not increase your rent value.

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Rent example:

You own Central Quay, Old Town and Harbor Heights. Another player lands on Central Quay.

There are:

2 residential blocks, which dont count because the hazard

(power station) makes them worthless. Value =a0

4 industrial blocks. Value =a3.5m

1 skyscraper on Harbor Heights, which is in the same

color group, so double the rent. 2 x a3.5m = a7m

TOTAL RENT VALUE: a7m

When another player lands on one o your districts, check the ollowing to work out how

much they owe you:

No buildings?

Charge Land Rent

only.

Protect your districts

Put bonus buildings on your districts to prevent other players rom building hazards on them.

u I another player builds a hazard in one o

your districts, all o the residential buildingsin that district become worthless and do

not count towards the rent value o that

district. Leave them on the board.

u You can remove hazards rom your

districts by paying a500kper blockto the bank during your turn.

Example:

To remove a prison (4 blocks) rom your

district, paya2m (4 x a500k) to the

bank and return the prison to the banker.

You can now charge rent or the

residential buildings on that district

again.

BONUS BUILDINGS

HAZARDS

School

Wind arm Water tower

Park

Power station(3 blocks)

Prison(4 blocks)

Rubbish dump(2 blocks)

Sewage plant(3 blocks)

Residential and/or

industrial buildings?Count how many

blocks (not buildings)

there are and charge

the matching rent

value shown on the

district card.

Hazard? Count the industrial blocks only.

Is there a skyscraper on any district in

that color group OR the MONOPOLY

Tower on any district you own?Double the rent!

(I you have a skyscraper AND the

MONOPOLY Tower, you cannot double the

rent twice.)

I the paying player cannot aord the rent,they must mortgage a district or do a deal

with you to raise the money.

HOW DO I CHARGE RENT?

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u When you want to make a deal, press the

Auction button to start the timer. You

must come to an agreement beore the

time runs out!

u I you swap/sell a district during a deal,

any buildings already there must

stay there.

Rent Dodge CardThe Rent Dodge card entitles you to one

rent-ree turn!

u When you land on FREE PARKING,

collect the Rent Dodge card rom

beside the board.

u Use this card on a later turn when you

dont want to pay rent.

u Once youve used the card, put it back

next to the FREE PARKING space.

u I another player lands on FREE PARKING

beore youve used the card, youve

missed your chance to use it and must

give it to them. Bad luck!

Make deals with each other to raise unds or get the districts you need! There is no penalty or landing here. You can still collect rent and build on sites while

youre on FREE PARKING.

I you cant aord to pay rent, you can mortgage one or more districts that you own to

raise some money.

To mortgage a district

The mortgage value is the same as the

districts current rent value. Turn the District

card acedown in ront o you and collect

that amount rom the banker. All buildings

stay there.

You cant collect rent or mortgaged districts.

To buy back a mortgaged district later in

the game

Turn the District card over and pay the rent

value to the banker, i.e. the amount you

received when you mortgaged it.

You can start charging rent on the district and

building on it again right away.

I you owe more money than you can raise rom your assets, you are declared bankrupt

and are out o the game.

Owing the bankerReturn your District cards to the banker who will

auction o each property to the highest bidder.

Return any Get out o jail ree cards to the

bottom o the relevant pile.

Owing another playerThe other player receives any money let,

your District cards and any Get out o jail

ree cards you own.

FREE PARKING

JAIL

Go to jail i:

u You land on the Go to jail space.

u You pick a Chance card which tells you

to Go directly to jail.

u You roll a double three times in a row onyour turn.

Your turn ends when you are sent to jail.

Move onto the jail space and do not collect

any money i you pass GO.

While in jail you can collect rent and build

properties on districts, as long as they are

not mortgaged.

Get out o jail by:u Paying aa500kne and continuing on

your next turn.

u Using a Get out o jail ree card.

u Rolling a double.

I you havent rolled a double ater three

turns, pay the banker a500kand then

move according to what you rolled.

MORTGAGES

BANKRUPTCY